Unanswered Prayers??? Or is the answer just delayed?

I know I'm not in the minority when I say that I've had a couple of
prayers go unanswered(it's more than a couple but who's counting).

Prayer is a tricky thing. People pray for all kinds of things, some times we
pray for health of ourselves and our loved ones, sometimes we pray for a
job or economic success. Sometimes we pray for love, happiness and
friendship.

In retrospect the prayers that seem to be answered the most are the ones
that I have asked for things that I can also help accomplish. Things like
guidance, faith, willpower, and compassion. Those are the ones that seem to get
the most positive results.

When I hear the words Unanswered Prayers I think of the Garth Brooks song
by the same title, if you haven't heard it please go look it up and listen. This
song always reminds me of all those childhood nights I prayed that a certain boy
would like me, or a certain person would talk to me...well needless to say those
things usually didn't happen.

Then I think about the things I have now. The life that I am busy creating and how
each step has lead me to the place I am right now. Not long ago I was telling
 my bestfriendthat I was glad that a prayer wasn't answered several years ago.
 He inquired why and I said because I have no doubt in my mind that if it had
 been answered that you and I would not be talking now.

Life is funny that way. God sure knew what he was doing when you let that
 one go unanswered.Maybe it wasn't really unanswered after all...it was just
 answered in god's time...not our impatient and instant gratification society but
in the timing that is right for the plan.

That brings me back to prayer....when we listen to our ministers and clergy pray
 in the church do we really listen. I know I am guilty of this, I start thinking about
the things that I want to pray about, the things that are on my heart. I'm ashamed
 to say it but I've even thought about what's for lunch after mass or how hot I am.
 I tend to lose focus when I pray and I know that when I begin to ramble I try
to close the prayer quickly with a simple "God you know what's on my heart"

I think that God does know what's on our hearts but he wants us to know
what is on our hearts too. Like I said before the prayers that seem to be the
most successful for me are the ones that I can affect. The ones that I can play
a part in...see to me I think a lot of people ask for miracles in prayers and not
just pray....

But that brings me back to the beginning and the Unanswered prayers...Do
they go unanswered because we didn't really attempt them, didn't really
believe in them or do they go unanswered because they where not right for
us????

What I love Wednesday- Brockport, The Canal, and Coffemakers!

It's Wednesday!!! I've decided to do a new column every Wednesday.

It's called What I love Wednesdays. One this day I'm gonna list

some of the things I am in love with this week. It may be a new thing,

it may be an old treasure, it may be a place, person or time but it

will always be something that I am excited about on this Wednesday!

My first new love is our new town! We moved to Brockport,NY
last Wednesday. Coach recently got a job as the DC at
this school. I was nervous about this opportunity, the
whole Cornell U experience left us scarred...

Well needless to say I'm loving it! The town is about 30 miles
from Rochester. It's on the Erie Canal. It's a little town that has lots
of modern amenitites (Lowe's, Walmart, Grocery stores) and also has
a very nicely preserved downtown section.

Now for the really cool part!!!!

Half the town is on one side of the canal and half the town
is on the other side of the canal...Which gives you these really
cool bridges that go up when a ship needs to cross the canal.

We where told that about twice a week a ship comes through the canal
but it hasn't happened that we have seen it yet. For me this is such
a truly amazing thing. The history of this country is based on
the Erie Canal....its so cool to look at it and say that someone
100 years ago was using this Canal to transport goods!

It's such a cool thing to know that you are in a town that
has such an amazing thing in the center of it...

My final love is my new coffee maker! Let me start by saying that
I am not a coffee drinker. I don't have to have a pot before I
can function in the morning. I do love the random cup of
french vanilla coffee, and I am a serious tea drinker.

I do however love the smell of coffee, my kitchen is decorated
in coffee stuff and I think that the most amazing places are
little coffee shops...

So anyway back to the coffeemaker! I got a Keurig Platnium!
These are suppose to be the big daddy coffee machines.
I got one that looks just like the picture. Plugged it in
and made a cup of Early Grey tea, plus some cups of
cocoa for the kids!!! I have to admit I'm in LOVE with
the machine.

I love that I can make all kinds of different drinks one
at a time. I don't have to make whole pots and a cup of
coffee/tea brews in about 40 seconds! This model has
different cup size settings so you can brew to taste, as
well as water temp settings.

This machine will surely get some use in our house!!!

Well that does it from What I love Wednesday!!! Check back

next Wednesday for something new!!!

Something old, Something new!

So its time....time for the big move! Well honestly anyone that

knows us knows that since March 2008 we have moved 6 times

this will be our 7th move!!! Needless to say I should be a pro

at all this moving stuff.

Our moves have been filled with excitement and hope, as we are

now and sadness and tears as a couple of moves in the past

have been.

It's never easy to move, for me it requires sorting out stuff and

letting go of lots of things that don't need to take up room.

You'd be surprised what you decide is nescessary and what

isn't when you move as much as we have.

Moving allows us to evaluate what is really important

to us. It allows us to let go of that shirt we haven't

worn in 10 years and to store away that little

trinket box from our friend we love so much.

It reminds us of those that really love us and

not just those that claim to care.

Moving also allows us to clean out some room for

the new experiences, and things that we can look

forward to in our next place. It allows us to

collect new things, or add to a unique

collection that we have.

For me, a person who likes to cook, I collect

recipes from the gals I meet. I also pick up the joy of trying

new things. In NC I picked up several recipes for soul

food. In Cornell I learned about wine and got a

recipe for a delicious hash brown casserole.

In WNY(my birthplace), I picked up recipes for

Chicken wing dip!

I also collect recipes for life. These ones are a little

more interesting. All the people I have met have taught me a

lot about life, love, living, dieing, and lets not forget football.

The blessing of moving allows us to free up space in

our houses and our hearts to make room for the new.

I think many of us hang on to things long past the usefullness.

We hoard things because they remind us of something special,

a special person, a special moment, a special place. It's good to have

some reminders of things. It's good to hold on to things

that we would like to pass on to people in our future.

But take it from a pro mover, your heart like your home

can only hold so many things and sometimes we have

to clean it out in order to make room for new things.

So as I move I will have two special boxes, one

I will mark with the word "Something Old". This box

will contain the things that are special to me

the jewelry from NC friends, or my Cornell sweatshirt,

my WNY photos and the special things that I have in my life

from all the places that I have been.  The second

box will say "Something New". This box will hold the

new things that I will get when I'm in my

new place.

When it comes time to move again, as I am

hoping that we will move(It'll mean something good for us). I

will look through the "something new" and transfer those

things to the "something old" box and begin the

journey anew!!!

30 day challenge

Okay I've discountined the 30 day challenge. Partly because I have so many other things that I
am interested in posting. I have lots of other posts that I am looking forward to doing.
Since I've started school I have run into a lot of other ideas, plus the fact that I now have the
football life to start looking at again. I am eager to blog about all kinds of things again but
I will do a couple of new weekly things....

Wednesdays- What I love Wednesday....This will be a list of something that I really love
right now. Something new, something old....it could be anything but on Wednesdays I will
be doing this from now on.

Friday- Fill in Friday.....Every Friday I will answer one random question about something
about me. Readers can post a question if they have one or I will pull one from an everyday
topic.

ENJOY!!!!!

Day 25-What would I find in your bag???

What would you find in my bag??? Well that depends what bag

we are talking about, are we talking about my purse, the diaper

bag, my makeup bag or my laptop bag??? So many decisions to choose from

so I guess I'm gonna go with the one I seem to be using most

and that is my laptop bag....

Besides holding the major content of my Toshiba laptop

It looks just like this one too....It holds the power cords and a cell phone charger.

 The bag also hold two tubes of lipgloss, a pack of gum,

$1.82 in change(random I know), a pack of Klennex, my assignment book,

23 Buffalo state Pens(thanks to Rashaan), 6 highlighters(I lose these fast),

A legal size ledger pad,  a travel size pack of wipes(I use diaper wipes)

and last but not least one thick black magic marker......

Day 24-Something I'd love to learn how to do

Something I'd love to learn how to do!

This one is actually pretty easy for me. See

its something I've never actually done before and something

that I've always wanted to learn how to do, but the truth

is that I'm not sure I would have enough patience

to try to learn the game, or even enough money to spend

on learning how to do it.....What I want to learn how to

do is?????????

That's right....I want to learn how to golf!

I've always thought it would be an interesting thing

to learn but the game takes so long to play and honestly I

don't know if I could commit to spending as much time

out there as one needs to get a decent golf game going.

Maybe someday I will get my own set of clubs but until

then I'll stick to minigolf....

Day 23-Something you crave for a lot

Okay this one is way too easy!!!! Everyone that know me well

knows that I am truly, 100% in love with Chocolate!!!!

It is my one true love!!!!

I love chocolate. All kinds of chocolate. I love chocolate

cake and cupcakes. I love chocolate and peanut butter,

I love chocolate covered fruit, I love chocolate milkshakes.

I love chocolate covered coconut candies.

I love chocolate covered caramels. I  am in love with chocolate...

When I worked for Family Dollar I had the best job, I was a buyer

for candy and confections. Every single day all day long all I did

was write orders for different types of candy. I feel in love with the

Hershey rep, ususally because he could send me a huge box full of

a month's supply of chocolate...I was a girl's bestfriend during "that time of the month"

I have always wanted to go to the Hershey Spa in Hershey,PA

They have a whole menu of spa treatments that include cocoa or

fruits or other items that you would have in food items. You can spend

the whole day in the spa even if you only get one treatment. They have all the

free chocolate, fruit, water, tea and muffins you can eat there.

The whole place has nothing but Chocolate surrounding it.  The service I most

look forward to getting though would be a Whipped Cocoa Bath!!!!!

Doesn't a Whipped Cocoa bath sound like the perfect way to end

a very long day???? I think it does. Give me a whipped cocoa bath, a box

of chocolates and a glass of fresh cold iced tea and I'd be in heaven!!!!